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Now when I say the last train out of Bean Town,

I am not referencing the Red Sox Twins game, which ended just a few minutes ago,

17 innings of baseball at almost two in the

morning, actually almost one of the morning, excuse me, one of the morning, local time in Minnesota,

two in the morning in Boston, the Minnesota Twins game being played in the Twin Cities.

And Max Kepler winning the game just minutes ago for the Minnesota twins.

So that massively important, at least for the Red Sox, it's important, not so much for the twins,

as a measuring stick series, not terrible.

Red Sox won Monday, but they lose, so they're not going to win all four games.

That is not going to happen.

But forget about that because we've got rumor mongering to do.

And when you have rumor mongering to do, you must do the rumor monger.

Yeah.

I think there's a saying that goes back to ancient times, Roman times, that life comes at you fast, especially in the NBA.

A very busy week of player movement, the last 24 hours, we have seen many names tossed out, some trades that have yet to be officially completed.

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